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Before the storm
We’re supposed to get a big snowstorm today. Chicago has sort of escaped the wacky weather this winter, so I’ll believe it when I see it. But we were out of bread so I stopped on my way home late last night to get a loaf. TJs had nothing but pita bread left. And certain [...]
Santa
My friend Martha has a great post on Santa and her kids. I’m about 100% there with her. Neither Erik nor I remember discovering that Santa wasn’t real. It never seemed like a deliberate choice by my parents, and I felt like there was always a little bit of a wink and a nod about [...]
Voting Record
I just voted. What with a mid-November birthday, this was only my 14th year of being able to vote (I was too young by about a week in 1995!). I don’t have a perfect record. But I’ve managed to vote in most of the general elections since 1996. I’ve been registered in 3 states (Minnesota, [...]
How to avoid trick or treating
We are now on a 3-year roll of avoiding full-on trick or treating. It’s not that we are completely anti-sugar or at all anti-Halloween. (After all, I am the Mom who went a little nuts on the costume this year.) It’s really just that we are slackers. Two years ago, we managed to wiggle out [...]
Comedian as Prophet (part 2): Insiders and Outsiders
Moving ahead with the exploration of Comedian as Prophet, prompted by my niggling sense that Comedy Central’s news programs may be taking the role of prophetic voice when it comes to American Politics… First, a disclaimer. I know full well that there are some ideas I’m batting around here and connecting that may have been [...]
The pregnant update
A few observations about being pregnant a second time. I’m less worried. We did this before, we can do this again. No surprise, huh? I do believe the female body in its twenties is perhaps a bit more attractive pregnant than the female body in its thirties. There seems to be a bit more spread [...]
Comedian as Prophet (part 1)
Several weeks ago, I proposed this as a blog post that I wanted to write: the Comedian as Prophet. I’m a fairly devoted Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert fan. Not that I watch every episode. But if there’s a big story going on, I want to hear their take on it. And, perhaps more telling, if I [...]
Alarm
There is nothing like the tornado sirens to get you out of bed in the morning…and find a flashlight…and, in my case, get dressed. Because, when tragedy strikes, I’d prefer that they find my body in clothes rather than pajamas. I am not too vain, though. I didn’t comb my hair. Or put on deodorant. [...]